F5 BIG-IP AFM up to 15.1.10/17.1.2/17.5.0 Traffic Management Microkernel denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP AFM up to 15.1.10/17.1.2/17.5.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Traffic Management Microkernel. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-59478. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP AFM up to 15.1.10/17.1.2/17.5.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Traffic Management Microkernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

When a BIG-IP AFM denial-of-service (DoS) protection profile is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) process to terminate.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

The advisory is available at my.f5.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-59478. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270593 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AFM DoS protection profile vulnerability (K000152341)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 15.1.10.8, 17.1.3 or 17.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (270593). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 270593
Nessus Name: F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP AFM DoS protection profile vulnerability (K000152341)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BIG-IP AFM 15.1.10.8/17.1.3/17.5.1

Timelineinfo

10/15/2025 Advisory disclosed
10/15/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/17/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f5.com

Advisory: K000152341
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-59478 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59478
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328670

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2025 15:54
Updated: 10/17/2025 06:49
Changes: 10/15/2025 15:54 (54), 10/17/2025 03:03 (43), 10/17/2025 06:49 (2)
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